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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in distance learning make it possible for people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are numerous issues that blended learning organizations must deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can teachers ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Researchers want to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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